Car hoisting



E. P. HUVIPHHEY.

CAR HISTING AND DUMPING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILI-:D DEC. I5. 191e. IIENEWED MAY zfIaIs.

E. P. HUVIPHREY.

CAR HOISTiNG AND DUMPING DEVICE. APPucArloN min 0m15.191s. RENEWED MAY 2,1919.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INI/EN TOR A TTOHNEVS WIr/158858 EFFING'HAM PEROT HUMPIIREY, OF WILKES-BARRE PENNSYLVANIA..

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`Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

application sied DecemberV 15, 1916, serial No. raalte. Renewed May 2, 1919. serial no. 294,346.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, EFFINGi-iaivr `Pintor lluiuriinnx, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car Hcisting and Dumping Devices, of which the following is a specification. i Y

@ne ot the principal objects ot my invention is to provide an improved means operable with equal successen a grade or on the level ior hoisting and dumping a caror allied vehicle, and returning the car to its point of departure. y

Another object ot the invention resides in the provision ot an auxiliary.A track trame adapted to be mounted on the stockrails ot the track and upon which the car is adapted to be run for initiating an angular inclination to the car preparatory to dumping the same.

A further object resides in the provision oi. an elevating truck, hingedly `connected with the car, `and movable over the track therewith, and operating to continue the angular movement of the car, imparted by the auxiliary track frame, into iinal dumping position. Y y

Another object of myinvention is to pro vide the auxiliary track framefwith suitable means for hoisting and `loweringvthe car; with means for properly checking the ioisting movement of the car; and with means for tripping the release latch of the car as thel latter' assumes dumping position.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying` drawings in which like charactersr lot reilerence indicate like parts throughout the `several figures, of which- Figure l represents a top planview of a car hoisting and dumping device constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 represents a side elevational view thereof; A Y

Fig. 3 represents an of the car; l

F ig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the car in dumping position;

Fig. 5 represents a view in section taken on the plane indicated by the line 5*-5 ot end elevational view `is laid directly on the dump pile, on the Fig. a, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

. Fig. G represents a tcp plan view of the y auxiliary track frame.

The apparatus works with equal eiiiciency whether upon a level track or upon a grade,

and in carrying the invention into practico' the track including' the stock rails 5,

ground, or upon a suitable trestle, as the `case may be, and terminates at its outer end at the point where the dump car, indicated at 6, is to be emptied.

Upon the track frails adjacent the outer terminals thereof, is superposed the auxiliary track trame which includes the rails 7 rlhe rails 7 are bowed upwardly along lthe portion intermediate their ends, and at their inner ends are tapered so as to iit upon the Istock rails 5 and present therewith an uninterrupted traction surface 'for the dump car wheels. The outer ends ot rails 7 are hooked or curved upwardly as at lll, to provide immovable horns for receiving the torward car wheels and supporting them while the car` is being dumped. The clamps 8 which detachably connect the auxiliary rails with the stock rails are positioned near the opposite ends of the auxiliary rails, and include the oppositely channeled plates l5, see Fig.` 5, connected to each other by bolts 16 and to the auxiliary rail webs by bolts 17. The upper and lower channeled portions ot-the plates engage respectively the base flanges oi' the auxiliary rails and the heads ot the stock rails, as clearly shown.

By loosening bolts 15 the clamp plates may be swung apart for detachment from the stock rails whereby to allow removal oi the auxiliary track `frame. l The dump car includes the usual truck and body, the latter being provided at its outer end with a door 18 hingedly connected along its upper edge with the body of the car, and this door carries a vertically movable cross bar or latch 19, engaged, when in door retaining position, in grooves in the tops of car carried blocks 20. As the car moves' into final dumping position, indicated in Fig. a, the latch 1s raised, by the cam accar is being lowered froindumping position.

To'the rear end of the car truck is pivotally ,connected the eleiv'atingtruck indicated generally at 23. vrlliistituck includes a frame Acomprising side bars 24 Iand suitable braces 25';v an axle .26, arrangedy adjacenttlie rear. end of the frame; ^and wheels 27 vcarried rbytheaxle and adapted to run on thetiiaekway. ,The:torwardfends of the -side bars'24 arepivotally connected with .the rear,port-ion o'f the ear truck through the .medium of arrod or bolt 28.

Over. the slieave llandextending centirally along' the .trackway, runs a cable *.29 which is driven by a suitable motor or engine, not shown, and thisr cable is` connected )by means of a suitable bearing .30wi'tlithe `axle26 ofthe'elevatingitruck. It willbe understood that, w-hen the cable is driven in 'one direction, the car, together with its yelevating truck, will be propelled upwardly along tlietrackway and onto the auxiliary trac'kframe, and wheiirdrivenin an opposite direction the apparatus will be drawn in a reversedirectionvalong the trackway to its f point o'-V departure.

in .order that anoverhoist of the dump car may beprevented, an adjustable horn stop Y31 of any desirable type is mounted, preferably on the cross brace 10 of tlieauxiliary `track"frame, and tliisfliorn stop is adapted to beengaged by a suitablefspring clamp indicated conventionally at 32, mounted -upon the cable 29.

The operation of the device may be ybrielly Vdescribed as follows: The car havingfbeen f loaded at itspoint otdeparture, isdrawii upwardlyl alongtlie vstock rails 5, through the operation o'f thelioisting cable 29, and moves up ontov the auxiliary track frame uii- Ytilthe forward wheels of the Ycarare engaged by the upturned or hooked ends let of 'the rails"7. yThispo'sition of the apparatus having been assumed,l as indicated in'F-ig. 2, the' car vvill'have'fbeen` inclined so that its rearl wheels `are considerably above the front -wheels, and the loonofthe car will have moved into a position for 'throwing the weight oftheimaterial within the car toward the .end on which the door 51S is mounted A continued' pull upon the cable 29 will result in the elevating truck 23 moving upwardly upon the rails "[7, until the `spring 'stop V32 will have engaged `against 'the"horn"31, suoli movement of lthe truck having operated to raise the'rear wheels of -tlie'dump ear oli' of the track and to move 'the dump-.car into dumping` position, as indicated in'FigjLl. As the dump car is moved into its ultimate dumping position, the latch cam action of the lugs 9 wliei'eby to release rtliefdoorl, so'tliat the contents of the cai' will slide out through the open ear end. The

cailiaving been dumped, a reverse pull will. vbe imparted to .the cable wlierebyto move the truck 23 downwardly along the rails 7 and bring the car intoposition indicated in Fig. 2. .The shock sustained by the car, as

it drops back into suoli position, is taken up by rthe `spring Ajournals22 with `which the .rear car axle 21 is equipped. 4The car may then be'. drawn back to be refilled.

It will be understood that, wlieie the track 5 islaid upon a surface which slopes upwardly, the truck 23 and car G will move from the'dumping position into the position indicatediirFig. 2, by the action ol gravity, suchA movement vbeing allowed by relaxing the teiisioirupon the 'hoisting cable, vand insuclr instances the car may be allowed to run back tothe point of departure simply through the action of gravity, so that the double-cable shown in the drawing may, in such cases, befdispensed with, and only a single cable, for hoisting the car, be used.

Altliouglil have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changes in the construction,

combination, and larrangement of parts f'thereof, as. do not depart from the spirit of Vrails'having upwardly bowed central por- .tioiis :and having their outer terminals curved upwardlyfor receiving yand checking .tlief forward wheels otra dump car, the inner ends of the bowed.V rails forming a continu- .oiis traction surfacewith tlie main rails of the trackway, a dump car arranged for vtravel along tliefniain rails, an elevating truck also arranged to'travel on the main rails and being pivotally.connectedwith thel dump car,.ineans for moving the dump car andelevating truck onto rthe auxiliary track rails, and means (for limiting. the movement of the Vlifting truck along the auxiliary 1 trackrails.

2. `Ina car` elevatingand .dumping apparatus, the combination with a main track- .way :and Va Y'dump car adapted for travel thereon, of an auxiliary track supeiposed upon the main trackway, including rails having upwardly bowed central portions andliaVingtheir outer terminals bent up- `wardly whereby to receive and check the movement of thelforward wheels of the said car, an elevating truck mounted for travel lll along the tracliway, said elevating truck being pivotally connected at its 'forward end with the rear end ot the dump car, a sheave carried by the auxiliary track, a cable running over ysaid shcave and connected with the elevating truck Jfor actuating the latter, and means whereby the movement oi'' the elevating truck along the auxiliary trac-kway may be limited.

3. In a car hoisting and dumping apparatus, the combination with the main track, and a dumping car movable thereon and including a delivery door and a latch for controlling' said door, oi' an elevating truck mounted for travel along the traclway and pivotally connected with the dump car, means for moving the elevating truck along the traclway, an auxiliary trackway mounted on the main trackway and having bowed rails upon which the dump car is adapted to be moved whereby to incline said car, for initiating its movementI into dumping position, and means carried by the auxiliary traclway for nio-ving the latch into door-releasing position as the car attains iinal dumping position.

In a car hoisting and dumping apparatus, the combination withv the main track, and a dumping car movable therealong, ot an elevating truck movable along the main track and being' pivotally connected with the dumping car for hoisting the latter into dumping position, an auxiliary track mounted upon the main track and including bowed rails superposed on the main trackrails for initiating the movement ot the dump car into dumping position, said auxiliary track having means for receiving and arresting the movement of the forward car wheels, substantially as described.

5. In a car hoisting and dumping apparatus, the combination with a main trackway, ott an auxiliary track frame mounted thereon, said auxiliary track iframe including spaced and upwardly -bowed auxiliary rails superposed on the main track rails, said auxiliary rails having their outer extremities curved upwardly to provide means for arresting the movement oi a dump car, and means for detachably connecting the auxiliary track trame with the main trackway.

G. In a device oit the class described, the combination with a main tracliway, of an auxiliary trackway including spaced rails mounted upon the rails of the main trackway, said spaced rails having their central portions bowed upwardly whereby to initiate the movement of a dump car into dumping position, means carried by the spaced rails for coaction with the release mechanism of a dump car, and means for detachably connecting the auxiliary trackway with the main trackway. l

7. The combination with a main trackway, oi spaced auxiliary rails superposed on the rails of the main traclrway, said auxiliary rails having curved portions for receiving the forward wheels of a dumping car and for checking the torward movement of said car, said auxiliary rails further having bowed portions whereby to initiate a movement of the dumping car into dumping position, and means for detachably connecting' the auxiliary rails with the main rails ot the traelrway.

8. ln a car hoisting and dumping apparatue, the combination of a main trackway, a dump car movable therealong, a hoisting truck connected with the dump car and movable along the tracliway and adapted to move the dump car into iinal dumping piosition, and an auxiliary traclrway upon which the dump car is adapted to be moved, said auxiliary trackway including bowed rails superimposed upon the main rails ot' the trackway for initiating the movement ot the car into dumping prosition.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with a main trac'kway, of an auxiliary trackway including bowed rails mounted upon the rails of the main trackway and adapted to initiate the movement of a dump car into dumping position, said auxiliary trackway having means Jfor arresting the movement of a dump car.

EFFINGHAM PEROT HUMPHREY. 

